[Bug 1085454] [NEW] Autotools and its generated scripts depend on stdin

[Kevin O'Gorman]

Public bug reported:

Running a fresh install of Xubuntu 12.04.1, up-to-date as of yesterday.
I'm following instructions in an online tutorial at http://fsmsh.com/2755
With a tiny project (tar attached) and smallest possible configure.ac, running 'autoreconf' as instructed never completes.  However, if I run it with stdin redirected from /dev/null, it finishes in 2.6 seconds.

Something very similar happens later with the scripts that get
generated, except that they work fine if I run them under bash instead
of sh (of course they're the same program).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: autoconf 2.68-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic-pae 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec  1 09:29:22 2012
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: autoconf
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: autoconf (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise

** Attachment added: "entire tiny project, with results of 'autoreconf </dev/null'"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1085454/+attachment/3449187/+files/jupiter-1-bug.tgz

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Title:
  Autotools and its generated scripts depend on stdin

Status in “autoconf” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Running a fresh install of Xubuntu 12.04.1, up-to-date as of yesterday.
  I'm following instructions in an online tutorial at http://fsmsh.com/2755
  With a tiny project (tar attached) and smallest possible configure.ac, running 'autoreconf' as instructed never completes.  However, if I run it with stdin redirected from /dev/null, it finishes in 2.6 seconds.

  Something very similar happens later with the scripts that get
  generated, except that they work fine if I run them under bash instead
  of sh (of course they're the same program).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: autoconf 2.68-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic-pae 3.2.28
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Dec  1 09:29:22 2012
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: autoconf
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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